Cutaneous sterile granulomas/pyogranulomas, leishmaniasis and mycobacterial infections

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 552-561

  Santoro, D ^a   Prisco, M ^a   Ciaramella, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 55349143537     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2008.00638.x     Document Type: Review

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